Unintended consequences of arguments other than animal ethics

The ethical argument for Veganism will always be the strongest and most consistent to use in Vegan activism. While there is a significant amount of merit to the environment, sustainability, health, and even economic arguments (possibly even theological, if you know your audience), for the average person living in a modern, first-world nation, there are no real counterarguments against ethics that are worth considering.

We strongly encourage Vegan activists to primarily focus their activism on ethics since it's more bulletproof than any other argument, but it's also incredibly helpful to highlight the other arguments in favor of it, which provide even MORE reason for a person to go vegan, but also highlight the lose-lose nature of animal agriculture, in how it also hurts humans instead of just animals, and that there aren't any real positive of it that negate the benefits of veganism.

This article will not be discussing the consequences of using bad arguments in favor of Veganism. The problems with those arguments are much more obvious, including making Veganism seem like it isn't based on evidence and reason, making it hard for people to justify their veganism, and on top of that, giving anti-Vegans ammunition against the movement. It will more go into how using otherwise valid arguments irresponsibly can have some negative repercussions that can be counterproductive, including misrepresenting what the science actually says, to possibly cause people to eat more meat if there isn't any strong ethical argument.

Environment

The environmental argument is probably second to ethics in terms of strength, but since it's more of an empirical claim, it lends itself to be misrepresented a bit more rather than arguments from ethics (which are based on logical reasoning). Specifically, a common mistake many Vegans make is claiming that most, if not all of our environmental and sustainability problems are primarily caused by animal agriculture, such as claiming that it's responsible for over 50% of emissions, or claiming that it's the main cause of world hunger.

Health

Health is probably moreso vulnerable to mispresentation, when the role of diet needs to be exaggerated in order to make some arguments for Veganism in this department..